Help & Advice onPuffy Eyes & Bags Under The Eyes.

Are looking at yourself in mirror first thing in the morning and there staring back at you are those darcircles and puffy eyes?
Are they making you look tired and older than you are?

Well don’t pull down on the skin under the eyes, it won’t help, the skin in that area is thin and fragile and you don’t really want more bagginess, do you?

Have you been getting to bed late too often?
Are you having a drink or two too many?
How about those cigareetes do you really need them?

How’s your diet, are you eating too much fast food, are you so busy you need to rely on ready made meals and take-aways?
You really need to cut down on sugar and salt there are both number one enemies of the skin!

Is your job or your lifestyle causing you too much stress, are you not taking time out for yourself,time to pamper yourself,time to relax?

Well why not think about changing your hectic lifestyle, getting to bed much earlier,cutting down on alcohol and cigarettes, improving your diet and relaxing a little bit more. This will all help you not only to avoid puffy eyes and dark circles but will improve the overall appearance of your skin giving you a more youthful looking appearance. You’ll get older quickly enough as it is unfortunately but don’t bring it on any earlier for goodness sake!

Why not also try some of these home remedies and follow them on a regular basis in order to try and deal with the problem and keep it at bay.

Bags under the eyes can often be due to fluid retention so try to raise your pillow a little, it may help.
Eye exercises might sound strange but they are said to be ways of removing fat deposits under the eyes.

Close your eyes and lift your eyebrows. Hold this position for around three seconds or so. Then Relax . Then open your eyes as wide as possible and stay in this position for another three seconds and repeat .

Open eyes then look down, look up, then left and right keeping your pupil in each of the positions for one second at a time.

These excercises need to be repeated around ten or so times each day.

Place your ring finger of each hand into the inner corners of each eye and just slightly press down for around three seconds, relax and then slide the fingers gently underneath your eyes towards your temples. In that postion gently massage in a circular movement. Slide your fingers back to the inner corners of your eyes again and repeat .
Massage in a little amount of apricot oil with the ring finger in a circular motion starting from the corner of the eye outwards towards the temple area.

These eye exercises need to be carried out on a regular basis so as to achieve full benefit.

Try other exercises too such as jumping up and down or just running up and down the stairs. The gravity can help in pulling down the excess fluid and reduce the appearance of bags under the eyes and puffiness.

There are several eye creams available on the market claiming that they can reduce the effect of or eliminate puffiness of the eyes completely. You can try one of these and benefit from the ingredients present in them.Eyederma,a lesser known brand is now becoming very popular in the US has been specially manufactured to treat these problems.It is now available in the UK.

You need to choose the simplest and most gentle skin care products for your eyes. Applying creams gently around the eyes will help you get rid of dark circles, bags under the eyes and puffiness under your eyes but be careful not to let the products enter into your eyes.

Brian Potter, the author is able to provide help and advice on the problems of dark circles under the eyes and bags under the eyes, visit his website at

http://www.takingcareofskin.com